Antarctic

[tynebuoy]

1913 Swan Hunter & WR, Wallsend (923) as San Gregorio.

[magoonigal]

SAN GREGORIO.
In the Eagle Oil Transport Company Ltd from 1913 to 1926.

9,594 Gross. 6,069 Net.
Dim; 527 x 66 feet.
Quadruple Expansion Steam Engines by the Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd.
HP 28.5ins. SHP 41ins. MP 58ins and LP 84ins.
Stroke 54ins. 787 NHP.
4 x Single Ended Boilers operating at 220 psi.

July 1913; Completed by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd Newcastle as Yard Number 923.
1918; Tonnage openings closed and new tonnages were 12,093 Gross and 9,075 Net.
Also converted to oil Firing.
1926; Sold to the Havalfanger A/S Rosshavet (J Rasmussen & M Konow) Norway and renamed C A LARSEN. Rebuilt as a Whale Factory Ship.
1938; Sold to Hvalfangstelskapet Blaahval (Jorgen Krag.) Norway.
Jordan suggests that this Company was controlled by the German Company "Hamburger Walfang-Kontor Gmbh.
August 1940; Taken over by the Kriegsmarine for service as an oiler.
July 1944; Sunk by the Fleet Air Arm during the TIRPITZ raid on Altenfjord.
1946; Salved, refitted and sold to A. von der Lippe, Norway and renamed ANTARCTIC.
7th August 1954. Arrived at Hamburg to be scrapped by Lehr & Co.

The Bow looks a bit funny, so perhaps she had a bow ramp to pull the Whales up??

Also Note for Kevin, re Party.
Whale Factory Ships had a large crew and went away for "The Season" which could be quite a long time without visiting a "Home Port" which is probably the reason for the "Party".

[Whickham]

Not a bow ramp, but certainly a funny bow.

See: http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships ... o1913.html

[magoonigal]

Not sure Dave.

I think she might have doors well above the waterline to enable them to pull the Whale up onto the Flensing Deck.

Certainly nothing at the bum end.

[magoonigal]

Norwegian whale factory ship C.A. Larsen
Ron van Maanen

Named after the Norwegian Antarctic explorer Carl Anton Larsen (born Ostre Halsen, Tjolling 7 August 1860-deceased Ross Sea, Antarctica 8 December 1924). She was built as the St. San Gregorio by Swan, Hunter &Wigham Richardson Ltd at Wallsend of Tyne for account of the Eagle Oil Transport co. of London and launched in July that year. T0nnage was 12.936 dwt, 12.093 grt and 9.075 nrt. She was in 1926 bought by the Hvalfanger-A/S Rosshavet (Johan Rasmussen & Magnus Konow) of Sandefjord and renamed C.A. Larsen. A the yard at Frederiksstad mek. Verksted rebuilt as a floating whale factory resulting in a new tonnage of 17.250 dwt, 12.759 grt and 9.614 nrt while her dimensions became 540'8" x66'6" x 42'0". The so-called whale ramp was situated in the bow. Her speed was 11 knots. After being sold again in 1936 to Sold to Hvalfangerselskapet Blaahval A/S (Jørgen Krag) of Tønsberg, she became 5 August 1940 part of the Germany navy and taken into service as a storage tanker. In November 1941 she was fitted out as a support vessel based at Kirkenes, February 1942 her new station became Tromso/Alta, two years Trondheim and 1 June 1945 handed over to the Norwegian government. This government sold her to the Hvalfangerselskapet Antarctic A/S of Tønsberg which company renamed her Antarctic and after by repaired she served again as a whaling factory, the last time in 1952. After being rebuilt as a tanker at the Kieler Howaldstwerke at Kiel, Germany her tonnage became 15.993 DWT, 10.776 Grt and 6.186 NRT and August 1954 she was sold to be broken up. April 1955 was the breaking up at Hamburg completed.

[magoonigal]

Picture of Bow Ramp close up.

[magoonigal]

C A Larsen with broken Bow Doors being towed into Wellington.

[northeast]

"Whale Factory Ships had a large crew and went away for "The Season" which could be quite a long time without visiting a "Home Port" which is probably the reason for the "Party".

Yes they are getting ready to disembark, can't you hear them singing "Whale meat again ......"

[magoonigal]

George...........

That's worse than some of mine..........

[Tynesider]

Picture of Bow Ramp close up.

Bet she was fun to be on in a heavy head on sea

Mike